Activities 1st Term (September - December 2011)

1 September, Thursday
9.30-12.00 (Badia)

13.00-14.00 (VLF)

14.00-16.00 (VF, CR)

18.00 (Badia)

Registration, Badia Fiesolana

Lunch at Villa La Fonte

Welcome and Introduction to Villa la Fonte, allocation of offices, tour of the villa  

BBQ

2 September, Friday
11.00-13.00

VF, CR

Introduction to the Max Weber Programme Activities & Modules 

2 September, Friday

14.00-15.30

VF, CR

2 September, Friday

14.00-15.30

VF, SR

Library Introduction for MW & JM SPS Fellows

Peter Kennealy, SPS information specialist

5 September, Monday
09.15-12.00

VF, Sala B

Start Italian Course for MW Fellows and Partners

(Group 1: Monday and Thursday) 

6 September, Tuesday
09.15-12.00

VF, Sala B

Italian Course for MW Fellows and Partners

(Group 2: Tuesday and Friday)

6 September, Tuesday
14.00-14.30 HEC
14.30-15.00 LAW
15.00-15.30 ECO
15.30-16.00 SPS 

VF Sala A

7 September, Wednesday

09.00-10.30

VF, CR

Introduction to EUI Computing Services for MW & JM Fellows

Martin Legner and Leonardo Viti, Computing Service 

7 September, Wednesday

11.00-12.30

Villa Schifanoia, HEC Department

7 September, Wednesday

15.00-16.30

VF, CR

Machtheld Nijsten, LAW information specialist 

8 September, Thursday

19.00

Piazza Mino, Fiesole

12 September, Monday

09.15-12.00

VF, Sala B

Italian Course for MW Fellows and Partners

(Group 1: Monday & Thursday)

13 September, Tuesday

09.15-12.00

VF, Sala B

Second group Italian Course for MW Fellows and Partners

(Group 2: Tuesday and Friday)

13-16 September, Tue-Fri

14.00-16.30 (Tue-Thu-Fri)

09.00-10.30 (Wed) 

APA, VF, Seminar Room (third floor) 

September Presentations
All fellows to give a short presentation of their work (10 min)Timetable 

14 September, Wednesday
11.00-13.00

Badia, Upper Loggia & Lower Loggia

14 September, Wednesday 
14.00-16.00 

 VF, CR 

Library Introduction for MW & JM Fellows in HEC

Serge Noiret, HEC information specialist 

14 September, Wednesday

17.00

Villa San Paolo, Priests' Room (Meeting), Garden of VSP (Reception)

20, 21, 22 September, (Tue-Wed-Thu)

14.00-16.30
APA, VF,  Seminar Room

September Presentations

All fellows to give a short presentation of their work (10 min)

Time table 

21 September, Wednesday

10.00-13.00

Villa Schifanoia, Sala Europa

22 September, Thursday

18.00

VF

27 September, Tuesday

11.00-13.00

ACS, VF, Sala B 

Individual Tutorials (Signup in Moodle )

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

28 September, Wednesday

12.00-13.00

APA, VF, SR 3rd floor

28 September, Wednesday
12.00

30 September, Friday
10.00-12.00

VF, CR

Preparatory meetings for the Humboldt, UPF and LSE Teaching Exchanges

Cornelia Hacke & Jeffrey Verhey, Humboldt University, Berlin
Mireia Trenchs, UPF, Barcelona
Nick Byrne & Alice Standring, LSE, London

3-4 October, Monday-Tuesday

VF, Sala A & B 

Individual Feedback on September Presentations
(10 min. - Timetable )

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

5 October, Wednesday

11.00-13.00

APW, VF, CR

Introduction to the Job Market Module including ACO
Introduction to Publishing and Writing Module including Writers' Groups 

10 October, Monday  

11.00-12.30 Group A
14.00-15.30 Group B 

APW, VF, Sala A

Introductory Course: Personal Websites for Academics

(2 groups, each max 12 persons)
Signup in Moodle 

See some examples of Fellows' Personal Websites

  Jens Hoffmeister , MWP Web Collaborator

11 October, Tuesday
09.15-10.45

ACS, VF, Sala B 

Module: "Pronunciation and Public Speaking (1)"

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

11 October, Tuesday

11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, SR

11 October, Tuesday
11.00-13.00 (Session 1)
14.00-16.00 (Session 2)

APW, VF, Sala B

Introductory Course: Creating your own Personal Website
(small group sessions - max 6 persons)

(Bring CV, Biosketch etc.)

Jens Hoffmeister , MWP Web Collaborator

12 October, Wednesday
10.00-11.00

APG, VF, CR

Second meeting of the Academic Practice Groups

12 October, Wednesday

11.00-12.45

MRW, VF, CR

Multidisciplinary Research Workshop 

"In the Aftermath of the Arab Spring"

Olivier Roy , RSCAS, EUI
Daniel Ritter , SPS, EUI

Virginie Collombier , MWF

12 October, Wednesday
14.00-16.00 (Session 3)

APW, VF, Sala A

Introductory Course: Creating your own Personal Website

(small group sessions - max 6 persons)

(Bring CV, Biosketch etc.)

Jens Hoffmeister , MWP Web Collaborator

13 October, Thursday
11.00-13.00 (Session 4) 

14.00-16.00 (Session 5)


APW, VF, Sala A   

Introductory Course: Creating your own Personal Website

(small group sessions - max 6 persons)

(Bring CV, Biosketch etc.)

Jens Hoffmeister , MWP Web Collaborator 

14 October, Friday

10.00-13.00

Tutorials, VF

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes  (Signup in Moodle )

Module: "Pronunciation and Public Speaking (2)"

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

18 October, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala A 

"Job Market Package" - Input Session

    
EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group  

18 October, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala B

Individual Tutorials (signup in Moodle )

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

19 October, Wednesday

10.30-12.30

APA, VF, Seminar Room 3rd floor

Mock-Interviews for LAW Fellows

with Martin Scheinin and Giorgio Monti, Law Department, EUI

19 October, Wednesday
11.00-12.30

APW, VF, Sala A

Course on Search Engine Optimization

(Signup in Moodle ) 

Jens Hoffmeister , MWP Web Collaborator

19 October, Wednesday
17.00

MWL, VF, CR

Max Weber Lecture 

"Employment in Europe" (Abstract) 

Chris Pissarides , LSE

Introduction: Ramon Marimon , MWP/EUI

Chair: Jenny Simon , MWF 

20 October, Thursday
16.30-18.00

Badia, SPS Department  

SPS Fellows Seminar in the Department, followed by drinks

21 October, Friday
10.00-13.00

Tutorials, VF

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes  (signup in Moodle )

24 October, Monday
14.00-15.30

APA, VF, Saletta

SPS Mock-Interviews

with Sven Steinmo and Olivier Roy, SPS Department

25 october, Tuesday
09.00-13.00

APA, VF, Saletta

ECO Mock Interviews

with Russell Cooper, ECO Department

25 October, Tuesday
09.15-10.45

ACS, VF, Sala A & B

Module: "Pronunciation and Public Speaking (3)"

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

25 October, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala A & B 

Writers' Groups 

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

25 October, Tuesday

11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala B

25 October, Tuesday

14.00-15.30 

APA, VF, Saletta 

SPS Mock Interviews

with Adrienne Heritier and

Chris Reus-Smit, SPS Department

27 October, Thursday
10.00-12.30

APA, VF, Saletta

HEC Mock Interviews

with Steve Smith and Luca Mola', HEC Department

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes  (signup in Moodle ) 

MWP First-Term Activity free Week

4 November, Friday

Tutorials, VF

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes (signup in Moodle)

Curriculum and Course Development

(Teaching Module)

8 November, Tuesday 
09.00-13.00

ACS, VF, Seminar Room

Individual Tutorials (signup in Moodle )

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

8 November, Tuesday
11.00-13.00 (Group 1)

APW, VF, Sala A

Curriculum and Course Development
(Teaching Module)

Lynn McAlpine, Director of the Centre for Excellence, Preparing for Academic Practice, University of Oxford

8 November, Tuesday
14.00-17.00 (Group 2)

APW, VF, Sala A

Learning Outcomes and Strategies

(Teaching Module)

9 November, Wednesday
09.30.00-12.30 (Group 1)

APW, VF, Sala A

Learning Outcomes and Strategies

(Teaching Module)

Lynn McAlpine, Director of the Centre for Excellence, Preparing for Academic Practice, University of Oxford

9 November, Wednesday
12.30-14.00 

MRW, VF, CR

Multidisciplinary Research Workshop 

"Protecting Intellectual Property Rights or Creativity?" 

David Levine , ECO Department, EUI
Organizers: Chris Colvin  and Andrea Wechsler , Max Weber Fellows

MWP & Global Governance Programme, RSCAS 

9 November, Wednesday
14.00-17.00 (Group 2)

APW, VF, Sala A

How to Structure a Lecture
(Teaching Module)

Lynn McAlpine, Director of the Centre for Excellence, Preparing for Academic Practice, University of Oxford

10 November, Thursday
10.00-13.00 (Group 1)

APW, VF, Sala A

How to Structure a Lecture

(Teaching Module)

Lynn McAlpine, Director of the Centre for Excellence, Preparing for Academic Practice, University of Oxford

10 November, Thursday
14.00-16.00 (Group 2)

APW, VF, Sala A

Small-group Teaching

(Teaching Module)

Lynn McAlpine, Director of the Centre for Excellence, Preparing for Academic Practice, University of Oxford

11 November, Friday
10.00-12.00 (Group 1)

APW, VF, Seminar Room

Small-group Teaching
(Teaching Module)

Lynn McAlpine, Director of the Centre for Excellence, Preparing for Academic Practice, University of Oxford

11 November, Friday
10.00-13.00

Tutorials, VF

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes  (sign up in Moodle )

15 November, Tuesday
9.15-10.45

ACS, VF, Sala B 

Module: "Academic Writing in English (1)"  

15 November, Tuesday
11.00-12.30 

ACS, VF, Sala A & B

Writers' Groups 

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

15 November, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala A & B

Individual Tutorials (signup in Moodle )

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

16 November, Wednesday

14.00-15.30

Reading Group, VF, Sala A

Reading Group on Religion in the Social Sciences and Humanities

Contact: Tara Alberts , MWF

16 November, Wednesday
17.00

MWL, VF, CR

Max Weber Lecture 

"Rethinking Equality in an Age of Inequalities"  

Pierre Rosanvallon , College de France

Introduction: Youssef Cassis , HEC Department, EUI

Chair: Leen Vandecasteele , MWF

18 November, Friday
10.00-13.00

Tutorials, VF

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes  (signup in Moodle)   

22 November, Tuesday

9.15-10.45

ACS, VF, Sala A

Module: "Academic Writing in English (2)": "Expressing evaluative stance in citing and quoting the work of other scholars" 

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

22 November, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala B

ECO Writers' Group (open session)

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

22 November, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala A

Individual Tutorials (signup in Moodle )

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

23 November, Wednesday
11.00-12.30  

APW, VF, CR

Trends in Scholarly Communication, Bibliometrics and a new University Rankings' Methodology

Thomas Bourke, info specialist, EUI Library  

23 November, Wednesday

12.30-13.00

APW, VF, CR

Publishing Strategies - plenary session with reports from the APG meetings with Faculty

17.00-18.30

Badia, SPS Department

"Economic Policy in Times of Crisis and

Political Participation"

Inés Levin , MWF

25 November, Friday
10.00-13.00

Tutorials, VF

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes  (signup in Moodle )

29 November, Tuesday

09.15-10.45

ACS, VF, Sala A & B

Module: "Academic Writing in English (3)"

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

Writers' Group 

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

29 November, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala A & B

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

30 November, Wednesday

09.00-15.00 

VF, Conference Room

6th MWP-ACO Conference 

"Funding Opportunities in the Social Sciences in the European Research Area: Providers, Users and Professional Associations" 

Programme 

Ramon Marimon, Director, MWP
Igor Guardiancich, ACO, MWP

1 December, Thursday

14.00

Reading Group, SR

Reading Group on Social Norms  Introductory Session: Jon Elster “Norms”, Elinor Ostrom

Organzier: Yane Svetiev , MWF

2 December, Friday
10.00-13.00

Tutorials, VF

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes  (signup in Moodle )

6 December, Tuesday
9.15-10.45

ACS, VF, Sala A & B

Module: "Academic Writing in English (4)"

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

6 December, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala A & B 

Writers' Groups 

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

6 December, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala B

Individual Tutorials (signup in Moodle )

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

9 December, Friday
10.00-13.00

Tutorials, VF

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes  (signup in Moodle )

12 December, Monday

13.00

Reading Group, SR

Reading Group on Social Norms

“Trust a Concept too Many”

Organizer: Yane Svetiev , MWF

12 December, Monday
13.30-15.00

APW, VF, Sala A

How to build your personal website

(sign up in Moodle )

Jens Hoffmeister , MWP Web Collaborator

13 December , Tuesday
09.15-10.45

ACS, VF, Sala A & B 

Module: "Academic Writing in English (5)"

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group

13 October, Tuesday
11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala A & B 

Individual Tutorials (signup in Moodle )

EUI Language Centre/FIESOLE Group 

14 December, Wednesday
10.30-13.00

MRW, VF, CR

Multidisciplinary Research Workshop 

"2011, a Year of Euro Crisi in Perspective" 

Programme 

Ramon Marimon , MWP, EUI
Nathan Marcus , MWF, EUI

14 December, Wednesday
17.00

MWL, VF, CR

Max Weber Lecture 

"Governance, Development and Foreign Direct Investment"(Abstract) 

Avinash Dixit , Princeton University

Introduction: Russell Cooper , ECO Department, EUI
Chair: Justin Valasek , MWF, EUI

15 December, Thursday
17.00-18.30

Badia, SPS Department

SPS Fellows' Seminar 

"Transnational Influences and Democratic Socialization in

Authoritarian Regimes"

Tina Freyburg , MWF

16 December, Friday
10.00-13.00

Tutorials, VF

Individual Tutorials

Tutorials with David Barnes  (signup in Moodle )

20 December, Tuesday

11.00-12.30

ACS, VF, Sala B

Individual Tutorials (signup in Moodle )

Dec. 24th - Jan 6th

EUI closed for Christmas Break (both dates inclusive)